In “Heart is a Lonely Hunter” McCullers calls out rightwing attacks on poverty programs. Today’s GOP should listen.
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GOP Attacks on the Poor? Read McCullers
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GOP Budget Proposes Gruel Cuts
Mean-spirited legislators who seek to cut food stamps and other programs for the poor bear more than a little resemblance to the workhouse authorities in “Oliver Twist.”
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Cherish the Angel at Your Door
William Blake’s “Holy Thursday” poems challenges those members of Congress voting to cut food stamps.
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Swift and Food Stamp Cuts
What would Jonathan Swift say to GOP radicals who seek to cut food stamps.
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